Lance Mason

Lance Mason
Member of the Ohio Senate
from the 25th district
In office
January 2, 2007 – September 16, 2008
Preceded byEric Fingerhut
Succeeded byNina Turner
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the 8th district
In office
January 6, 2003 – December 31, 2006
Preceded byShirley Smith
Succeeded byArmond Budish
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
from the 11th district
In office
February 20, 2002 – January 6, 2003
Preceded byPeter Lawson Jones
Succeeded byAnnie L. Key
Personal details
Born
Lance Timothy Mason

(1967-08-26) August 26, 1967 (age 57)
Shaker Heights, Ohio, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Aisha Fraser
(m. 2005; div. 2015)
Alma materCollege of Wooster (BA)
University of Michigan (JD)

Lance Timothy Mason (born August 26, 1967) is a convicted murderer and former politician, government official, and judge, who served in various offices in and representing Cleveland, Ohio.

As a judge, he served on the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas. He was a member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 25th District from 2007 to 2008. From 2002 to 2006, he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, where he served as Assistant Minority Whip during his final year. He was also an assistant prosecuting attorney for the county and was an aide to U.S. Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones. In 2017, he worked as an official for the city of Cleveland under mayor Frank G. Jackson.

In 2019, he was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 35 years for the murder of his ex-wife.